Saturday, September 26, 2009

Climbing with Bruce Watson at around 5500 m in the Hindu Kush. This valley is south of the mountain village of Anjoman. Photo: Bob McKerrow

A Panchjeri defending the valley with an anti aircraft gun. We drove up the Panjcher Valley and then walked over the Anjoman Pass, down to Anjoman village, then turned right into the valley leading up to some unclimbed 6000 m peaks. Photo : Bob McKerrow

Thursday, September 17, 2009

My good friend Samay Hamed sent me his most recent poem about 9/11. It is well-composed and evocative.

I wish a small rainbow of a kiteFrom a burnt roof in KabulCould fly to New York... Read MoreAnd a colorful bird in a drawing pad pageFrom an orphanage room in New YorkCould fly to KabulSo children of 911 both here and thereCould understan...dThere are no just suicide bombers in AfghanistanThere are no just politicians in the USThere are children who play and dreamOf a free and fresh futureThey could understand each otherAndThey will meet each other as touristsNot as soldiers